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218 MINSTRELSY OF
THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY.
The ballad of The Douglas Tragedy is one of the few,
to which popular tradition has ascribed complete locali-
ty. The farm of Blackhouse, in Selkirkshire, is said to
have been the scene of this melancholy event. There
are the remains of a very ancient tower, adjacent to the
farm-house, in a wild and solitary glen, upon a torrent,
named Douglas-burn, which joins the Yarrow, after
passing a craggy rock, called the Douglas-craig. This
wild scene, now a part of the Traquair estate, formed
one of the most ancient possessions of the renowned fa-
mily of Douglas ; for Sir John Douglas, eldest son of
"William, the first Lord Douglas, is said to have sat, as
baronial lord of Douglas-burn, during his father's life-
time, in a parliament of Malcolm Canmore, held at For-
far. — GoDSCROFT, vol. I. p. 20. The tower appears to
have been square, with a circular turret at one angle.

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Volume 2
DescriptionVol. II .
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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